Japanese Summer Festival 2007 @ Changi Japanese School

夏祭り

Hiyaz..

There will be a Japanese Summer Festival (Natsu Matsuri) carnival held on 25/8, this saturday at the Japanese School in Changi. (Post Editted)


Description
It is basically a carnival held every year by the Japanese people and students in conjunction with the Japanese Summer Festival celebrated in Japan. If you are familiar with animes or jdramas, you should have some idea of what it is about. Eg, "One Litre of Tears". I have been to one in 2004. Interesting to be in a place where ppl are dressed up in Yukatas. Many Jap ppl and jap culture followers there..I spent mostly on food bah. But you can queue up for the games if you want to. There is a mass dance item at the end of the Festival too.

The webpage to locate the details is http://www.jas.org.sg/JAS/ViewHeadings.aspx. Then Click Summer Fest 2007, or the Free shuttle bus link.

Pics for the event in previous years can be found at link 1 link 2 link 3.


Attire
Casual dressing. But if you have a Yukata, a casual form of a Kimono, you can wear that there. Else it is still possible to rent one there. Though the long queues make it unlikely that you will spend time queuing.

Tickets
I have not had experience queuing for tickets before, so I am not familiar with the procedure. I checked a forum and they stated that the sales of the tickets are at the entrance on the day itself. from 5.30pm, limited to 2 per person. I wonder if they really enforce this 2 per person rule. Anw, I will be there eariler to queue for the tix and check the crowd. Will get someone thr to help me get the tix if need be.

The plan
If there are many people going, you can meet at bedok interchange. Berth 6. From 5pm to 7.15pm. Return trip is from 7.30pm to 11.15pm Frequency is every 15 mins. There is another pickup point at Expo itself.

I will be going direct and earlier to queue for tix since I got a direct bus from Home. So you can meet me direct as well.

Can bring a small mat to sit down on when you are tired, unless you want to sit on their running tracks..:P

Participants
Everyone is welcomed. This event happens just once a year. So if you are interested in immersing in a new experience in Spore, do join us. At present Aihua, Anson, Sel, Peiyi and myself will be going attended.

Contingency Plan
In the event of not being admitted entry, we could adjourn to the following possible venues.
Changi Beach - quite a scenic location if you have never been before. Wide Beaches. Changi Village for makan nearby
Bedok Reservoir - There is this hill top where you can see quite a distance. But think it will be dark by the time you reach there. Can go siglap to eat after that
Nintendo Wii - All else fails, we can play Wii at my place. Limited games though...:P..prob mani of u dun noe but the Wii console motion detection allow games like tennis to be played by swinging the controller like a racket or boxing by punching out with the controller in hand, rather than pressing a few buttons.

Akan Datang (Coming Soon)
Seiransai 2007. This is another School Carnival held on the Sept 16, Sunday 9.30am to 4.30pm at Waseda Shibuya Senior High School, along 57 West Coast Road. Link

I have nv been thr b4. But I think it is like a funfair org by the sch. With Food and Games. entrance is free, but you nid to pay for the games and food. Like all funfairs maybe. (Dun think got waterboys bah...haha...)

Here are some pics..cannot tell much though.
Link 1 Link 2 Link 3

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